Dark Ivy

February 24th 2025

A friend referred to this outfit as ‘dark Ivy’ recently, and I liked the idea. Traditional Ivy style has much to recommend it today, particularly the way it mixes sportswear and tailoring together. I set out the ways I like that attitude...

Dark Ivy

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Vittorio Salino tweed jacket: Review

April 15th 2024

I'm back! Hello everyone, I hope you had a nice week in the amiable arms of Manish, and you haven't all decided he is better in every respect than me. Although even if you have, fear not - he will be writing again very soon, including the second par...

Vittorio Salino tweed jacket: Review

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This was his default cut, and that's not the kind of thing I'd starting playing with either probably. It's a hard design thing for a non-tailor to start adjusting. Yes, the armholes were still high...

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Vittorio Salino: His philosophy, and fitting a ja...

March 27th 2024

Having met the Florentine tailor Vittorio Salino last summer, I took the opportunity of being in Florence this past January to commission a jacket. I got on with Vittorio, was impressed with his outlook, and realised PS readers would be interested i...

Vittorio Salino: His philosophy, and fitting a ja...

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JacketsMarch 27th 2024

Sartoria Seminara and Vittorio Salino: Maintainin...

September 1st 2023

Like most Italian tailors, Sartoria Seminara is hidden away. There is no Savile Row grand entrance, just a name and a buzzer and a short walk up a flight of dark stairs. The effect is all the greater because this entrance is on Via dei Calzaiuoli ,...

Sartoria Seminara and Vittorio Salino: Maintainin...

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I think he is a gentleman who is more comfortable with other people standing center stage....

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